InStyle.com: Julianne Hough’s Transformation

2011

"At the Golden Globes I was wearing a Marchesa dress that had an Egyptian goddess-type look, so we did lots of golds and bronzes," she said. "I had literally gone from dark, dark brown to that color the day before, my hair was really yellow so at every interview I was like, 'I just changed my hair—it's a process, it's a process.'"

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With wide aqua eyes like hers to show off, it's no wonder Julianne Hough is a bit of a lash addict. "I'll do a full strip of lashes and even add in individuals," she told us. "I go into the drugstore once a month and I just get all of them." The busy star learned how to apply makeup on the professional dance circuit (where she went for "a lot and not very blended") and, following a rigorous first season on "Dancing with the Stars", keep her enviable skin clear using Proactiv. (She's now a brand spokesperson—even boarding her tour bus sporting her favorite Refining Mask). Clearly, the "Rock of Ages" beauty has learned to prioritize: "Slap some eyeshadow and eyelashes on and you're good to go!"

"This was the worst photo ever taken," Hough joked of her first "Dancing with the Stars" portrait. "This was a period of time when I kind of just let them do what they wanted to with my hair and makeup." Now the two-time champion collaborates on her performance looks with beauty guru Troy Surratt.

For the Emmy Awards, she got creative with a Campbell McAuley 'do. "He had to go and do someone else for the show, so he did my hair first and it was all down and curled and very beautiful," she said. "After he left, I put on my dress and decided that my hair would look better up, so I just pinned it up myself, and it turned out to be one of my favorite hairstyles."

"I had just been doing 'Footloose' and this auburn is the color of my character's hair," she said of the retro style she wore to the American Music Awards. And, aside from her bright fuchsia lip color, "My makeup is very soft — I literally didn't even have foundation on!"

"At the Golden Globes I was wearing a Marchesa dress that had an Egyptian goddess-type look, so we did lots of golds and bronzes," she said. "I had literally gone from dark, dark brown to that color the day before, my hair was really yellow so at every interview I was like, 'I just changed my hair—it's a process, it's a process.'"

Hairstylist Riawna Capri created a futuristic updo for the Golden Globes. After building lift at the root with a mix of UNITE EXPANDA Volume, UNITE EXPANDA Dust and some good old-fashioned backcombing, he then parted the hair along both temples, twisting each side back towards the nape in two sections. To style the center, he twisted the front three inches of hair to the left and pinned. The second section was twisted and pinned to the left. By alternating sides, Capri formed a "twisted Mohawk."